JPS5933335B2 - Sprinkling equipment for sprinkling salt and other powder/particles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a novel spraying device for spraying salt and other powder/particle sprinkle materials from above onto rice balls and other food products that are continuously transported by a belt conveyor, etc. The purpose is to always maintain a constant amount of spray.
The goal is to do this evenly, maintain a constant quality of food, and improve the efficiency of manufacturing operations.

Hereinafter, the present invention was carried out using salt as a sprinkling material.

To explain based on the accompanying drawings, this device includes a support base 1 on which each component is arranged and fixed, as shown in the overall perspective view of Fig. 1.
, a hopper 2, a rotary disk 5 which has a discharge port 8 at the outlet of the hopper and discharges the salt while massaging it, a drive unit 6 thereof, a transfer table 10 having a constant downward slope, and a transfer table of the transfer table. It consists of a swinging container 13 at the end of the direction and a driving section 16 that causes the swinging container to move in a pendulum manner.

The hopper 2 has a cylindrical shape with a fixed height dimension, and a mounting collar 3 is provided on the outer periphery of the lower part. It is removably fixed to 1a.

The cylindrical shape of the hopper 2 is designed in consideration of the hydrous nature of the salt, so that the inner diameter of the height dimension is the same as 1, and the salt can be discharged by falling under its own weight.

In addition, a material with a small coefficient of friction is used to improve the fall under its own weight, and it is further molded with a transparent material so that the falling state and storage state can be checked from the outside.

Further, the hopper 2 has an upper hopper part 4 with an enlarged upper surface removably installed in the input port 2a at the upper end so that the upper hopper part 4 can be used in combination, thereby facilitating and smoothly performing the loading operation.

A filter net is attached inside the upper hopper part 4 to prevent large lumps of salt from entering the hopper 2.

The rotary disk 5 is the hopper 2 of the drive unit 6 attached to the intermediate plate 1b.
f) It is provided on the eccentric rotation shaft 7 of the hopper 2 so as to rotate eccentrically with respect to the hopper 2, and faces the outlet 2b of the hopper 2 so as to form a closed surface. An annular outlet 8 is formed around the lower end of the hopper 2.

A scraping part 9 having a constant height in the diametrical direction is provided on the upper surface of the rotary disk 5 so as to protrude in a convex shape toward the annular discharge port 8 side, and the table salt that falls under its own weight in the hopper as the rotary disk 5 rotates is rubbed. While being crushed, it is sent out to the annular discharge port 8 by centrifugal force.

In addition, the scraping part 9 has its upper end surface and the outlet 2b of the hopper 2.
A certain gap is created between the rotary disk 5 and the rotating disk 5 to reduce the frictional load applied to the drive section 6 of the rotary disk 5.

The gap can be adjusted by moving the rotary disk 5 up and down, thereby increasing or decreasing the amount of salt released.

Further, the eccentric rotation of the rotary disk 5 massages the small lumps of salt and creates directionality in the amount of salt released.

That is, the directionality is such that the capacity is large on the eccentric direction side.

The transfer table 10 is located below the rotary disk 5 and is fixed to the support table 1, and has a rear portion under the hopper 2 and the rotary disk 5 to receive the salt from the annular discharge port 8, and a front portion thereof. Salt is transported using a slide structure with a certain downward slope.

Due to the directionality of the ejection amount of the rotary disk 5, the rear area of the transfer table 10 can be reduced, and the sliding angle can be increased accordingly, improving the sliding.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a crushing blade, which is provided in the hopper 2 at an upper end coaxial with the rotary disk 5.

The crushing blades 11 are used to crush small lumps of salt in the hopper 2, and in order to improve the crushing effect, the angle of each blade is made different or the number of blades is arbitrarily changed.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a mounting hole of the shaking container 13, which opens at the tip of the intermediate plate 1b to the lower surface of the transfer direction end of the transfer table 10.

The swing container 13 has a support shaft 14 protruding from the outer periphery of the upper end at the end in the diametrical direction, and this is attached to a support portion 15 so as to be swingably suspended.

The lower plate 1c of the support stand 1 for swinging the swinging container 13
A driving section 16 and a reciprocating section 16a connected thereto are provided, and the tip of an extending reciprocating rod 17 that moves back and forth is connected to the outer peripheral portion of the swinging container 13 to mechanically perform a pendulum motion at a constant period.

Note that the pendulum interlocking mechanism may have other known configurations.

The bottom of the shaking container 13 has a large number of small dispersion holes 18...
are opened in an appropriate pattern, and as the pendulum moves, a constant amount of salt is evenly distributed from the small distribution holes 18.

The dispersion state can be changed depending on the strength of the pendulum movement and the arrangement of the small dispersion holes 18, and an arbitrary pattern can be formed by changing the diameter of the holes and the number of holes.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a bottom cap of the shaking container 13, which can be fitted onto and removed from the lower end of the cylindrical portion to easily change the spray amount of the shaking container 13 as necessary.

In addition, a sensing part is formed in the shaking container 13 so that an optimum amount of salt can always be supplied, and this is connected to the electrode rod 20 and the ground part 2.
1.

The ground portion 21 is exposed on the inner peripheral surface near the bottom of the shaking container 13, and the electrode rod 20 is provided on the central axis inside the container and is suspended and fixed at a constant height from the bottom of the container.

Due to the pendulum movement of the container, the salt in the swinging container 13 forms a mountain-shaped deposit with the top on the electrode rod line.

The level of salt accumulation is maintained at a constant level by applying a small current between the electrode rod 20 and the ground section 21 by utilizing the hydrous nature of the salt, and by electrically connecting the electrode rod 20 and the drive section 6 of the rotary disk 5. Performs capacity level control.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, as continuous dispersion is carried out, the high chevron shape decreases and becomes a low chevron shape, and when the salt starts to decrease from the lower end of the electrode rod 20, the electrode rod 20 detects The rotary disk 5 is operated for a certain period of time, and a certain amount of salt is shaken into the container 1.
3 to create a high chevron-shaped deposit.

The rotation time of the turntable 5 for replenishment is set in advance by a timer.

If the level of salt in the shaking container 13 exceeds a certain level, the small salt dispersion hole 18 will become clogged and dispersion will become impossible, so an appropriate level is maintained in advance by adjusting the height of the electrode rod 20 and a timer.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a heater heating section, which dries the salt in view of the hydrous nature of the salt to prevent the salt from adhering to the inner surface of the shaking container 13.

In addition, in view of the water-containing nature of salt, the inner surface of the shaking container 13 is treated with Teflon or a material having similar properties to prevent adhesion.

Similarly, the transfer table 10, the rotary disk 5, the crushing blades 11,
It is also preferable that the scraping portion 9 be treated with Teflon.

23 is a Teflon-treated surface on the inner circumference of the shaking container 13, or a material-treated surface having equivalent properties.

The above explanation uses table salt as an example, but other powders and
It may be a sprinkling material of particulate material, in which case the same effect can be achieved by changing the mercury switch controlling the level of the constant capacitance or other sensing means.

As described above, the present invention stores salt and other sprinkle materials in the hopper, and as the rotary disk 5 rotates, the crushing blades 11
The food products are crushed by the scraping unit 9 and released by centrifugal force while being loosened by the scraping unit 9, and sent by sliding on the transfer table 10 into the shaking container 13, and by the pendulum movement of the shaking container 13, the food products are continuously sprayed from the small distribution hole 18 onto the food products below. Because it is configured to do this, it has many advantages over spraying by purchasing, such as being able to always spray a constant volume evenly, maintaining the quality of the product at a constant level, and being able to perform the spraying work more efficiently. It is something that has.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire spraying device, Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the hopper outlet, and Figure 3 is from ■ to ■ in Figure 2.
FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of the shaking container, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the accumulation level. 1...Support stand, 2...Hopper, 3.
...Hopper mounting collar, 4...Upper hopper part, 5...Rotary disk, 6...Rotary disk drive part, 7... ...Eccentric rotating shaft, 8...
・Annular discharge port, 9... scraping part, 10...
・Transfer table, 11... Crushing blade, 12...
・Mounting hole, 13... Shaking container, 14...
・Support shaft, 15... Support part, 16... Drive part, 17... Reciprocating rod, 18... Small scattering hole, 19...・Bottom cap, 20...
Electrode rod, 21... Earth part, 22...
Heater heating section, 23...Teflon processed surface or material processed surface having equivalent properties.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A hopper 2 for sprinkling salt or other powder/particles is erected on a support base 1, a discharge port 8 with a certain gap is formed on the lower end surface of the hopper, and a rotary disk is eccentric to the hopper. A scraping part 9 for feeding the sprinkling material to the discharge port 8 is provided on the rotary disc 5, and a crushing blade 11 is provided coaxially with the rotary disc 5 and facing the scraping part 9, on the lower surface of the discharge port 8. A transfer table 10 having a downward slope is disposed, and a swinging container 13 having small dispersion holes 18 at the bottom is pivotally supported on the lower surface of the end in the transfer direction on the support table 1, and a reciprocating plate extending from the drive unit 16 is provided. Rod 17
A sensing section is provided in the shaking container 13 so that the volume of the sprinkle material can be kept constant at all times, and the sensing section is electrically connected to the driving section 6 of the rotary disk 5. Sprinkling equipment for sprinkling salt and other powder/particles. 2. The hopper according to claim 1, which can be freely divided and combined into upper and lower parts, and comprises a lower cylindrical hopper 2 and an upper hopper part 4 having a filtration net at the bottom. 3. The hopper according to claim 1, which is made of a material that is transparent and has a small coefficient of friction. 4. The scraping section according to claim 1, which is provided with a convex strip that projects from the upper surface in the diametrical direction of the rotary disk 5. 5. The crushing blade according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of blades protrude from the same surface on the outer periphery of the shaft of the rotary disk 5, and each blade is provided at a different crushing angle. 6. The shaker container according to claim 1, which comprises an upper cylindrical part 13 which can be divided and combined into upper and lower parts, and a bottom cap 19 having small dispersion holes scattered at the bottom. 7. The shaker container according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the container is treated with Teflon except for the ground portion 21, or is made of a material having equivalent properties. 8. The shaking container according to claim 1, wherein a heater heating section 22 is attached to the outer surface of the container. 9 Electrode rod 20 suspended at a certain height from the bottom in a shaking container
The sensing portion according to claim 1, further comprising: a ground portion 21 provided on the inner surface near the bottom portion.